The University of Arkansas announced Wednesday the new chancellor will be Joseph E. Steinmetz.

Steinmetz was the executive vice president and provost of Ohio State University.

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Steinmetz's appointment still requires formal approval from the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.

Steinmetz previously served as dean of the University of Kansas' College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He also worked for 19 years at Indiana University, where he was a distinguished professor of psychological and brain sciences.

The university says Steinmetz will begin work Jan. 1 as chancellor. He succeeds G. David Gearhart, who retired earlier this year.

Steinmetz would be formally introduced in a ceremony on Oct. 30 in Fayetteville.